VideoCARACAS, Venezuela — At least 68 people died when a fire erupted during a riot at a jail in the northern Venezuelan city of Valencia, the attorney general said late Wednesday. The Venezuelan news media reported that the police used tear gas. “I don’t know if my son is dead or alive!” cried Aida Parra, the mother of a prisoner, the Spanish news agency EFE reported. “They haven’t told me anything.”Tarek Saab, the attorney general, said four prosecutors had been named to investigate the circumstances that led to the deaths. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“What we want is justice,” one relative, María José Rondón, said in a video posted to Twitter.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2018 03:12 UTC